Is being more organized one of your goals? It is for most people, including me.

There are so many ways to organize things. Whether you use boxes, baskets, bins or bowls, it's a great opportunity to get creative and show your personality. I love to think outside the box and use items for something other than their intended purpose as storage, like picnic baskets, wooden crates, or as you'll see in this post, milk glass that I've picked up inexpensively over the past few years.

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Thrifted finds are a great way to store many things, including craft supplies. Almost all of the items used for storage in this room were found at yard sales, thrift shops, rummage sales, etc. Etsy and ebay are great sources for versatile containers too.

This craft room has been a work in progress for a long time now and I've shared some of the progress with you before. It's a space that needed an extreme room makeover and has come a really long way from what it used to look like using mostly paint to make some dramatic changes.

You've already gotten to see how the counter top got painted here, and how the floor got dressed up with stencilled faux rug here, and now you'll see some of the fun ways our craft supplies are organized using found items!

**Today's organizing post is part of a 17 blogger tour with our best tips for organizing your home and life. After you're done here scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the images to visit each blog and get some great ideas.**

Vases, compotes, bowls, and anything that can be used for coralling all those supplies and can also make a fun statement allowing you to show your off your style.

Different sizes make it more interesting and enable you to store a variety of shapes. The wooden spools of ribbon and markers fit perfectly in them.

A wire storage basket is great for holding yarn or medium sized items. Paint color decks are stored on the top shelf in another wire basket with a handle.

On the right wall, scissors and a hole punch are stored on a key rack.

While the old white ironstone pitcher isn't currently being used for organizing, filling it full of grocery store-bought tulips sure does inspire creativity. It could be used to store wooden dowels, long paint brushes, knitting needles, or yardsticks.

Remember the days before pinterest when we tore out pages from magazines that we loved? Some people (me) still do that even though they're on pinterest. The pages can be pinned to the wall or a bulletin board as added inspiration for upcoming projects, or just for something to dream about.

Small sample jars of paint can be stored upside down in desk drawers. This keeps them from drying out and allows you to see what color is inside.

And speaking of being organized, we're currently organizing some of our photos and having them printed so we can frame them and create a gallery wall for our living room and hallway. Hopefully this project will be finished soon. Gallery walls take a lot of planning, printing, and framing!

I love every single thing about this post. First, you crafting space is so nice. I'd love to have a spot to sit with my supplies so attractively arranged around me. Love the milk glass and ball jar that you used. (I have a flower pot similar to the one you used for colored pencils. I need to see if one of my flower frogs will fit into my face so that I can use your idea.)

Aww, thank you Paula! I've been working on this space for a long time now because it was a total disaster and am so glad to have it to create in. And I love using the milk glass and mason jars for storage. That way I get to look at them and be even more inspired! My flower frog was a little big for the planter but it rests on top of it just fine and is such a fun way to hold pencils. Thanks again. Have a great week! ~ Angie

Angie your crafting space is so beautiful and organized. No wonder you come up with so many great ideas! I wish I had a space like this, or any space at all. :) I love the milk glass storage and I gotta say I think it's genius that you painted the shelf-rack-holder-things the same color as your wall!

Thanks Jen! I'm hoping to spend more time in there and really get creative now that it's all cleaned up. And that shelf-rack-holder actually strangely covers up a large pipe - it's a basement room and I guess that's the only way they could work it in??? Oh, and I love milk glass too! Anyway, thanks! ~ Angie

Thanks, Tami. I've been working on it for a while and am really glad to have this space. I'm hoping to spend much more time in there now that's it's all organized and pretty. Thanks for dropping by! ~ Angie

Great ideas Angie! Love the milk glass collection and how you used it. I'm currently doing some craft room organization, so perfect timing to see your link at our "Something to Talk About" link up party :-) Hope to see you again next week! Bwg ~~~

Stopping by from the Something to Talk About Link Party, and I just have to tell you how much I love your craft organization! That's high on my to do list for this year, so this is great inspiration! I'd love for you to come and share this, as well as your other projects, at The Creative Circle, the new link party I am hosting with Up to Date Interiors. It just closed for the week, but will reopen on Thursday morning. -Angela, Blue i Style

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